Strategic Research Initiatives

Knowledge, skills, and intellectual inquiry are essential to prepare all students for an increased role in society. Shepherd is committed to ensuring that students have opportunities to apply abstract theories and skills learned in the classroom to real employment situations, and to providing students external and internal opportunities for the discovery, acquisition, and application of knowledge beneficial to society.

The Director of Strategic Research Initiatives serves as a liaison between the university and external research partners, matching the interests of Shepherd students and faculty with the opportunities and needs of those external partners. The Director also works with deans and faculty to introduce, develop, and implement new strategic research initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.